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Childcare disqualification requirements
Understand childcare disqualification, who it applies to and how to conduct a disqualification check.
Contents
- What are the childcare disqualification requirements?
- Who the regulations apply to
- How to conduct a childcare disqualification check
- Don't rely on self-disclosure to conduct this check
- How to prevent unsuitable candidates from applying
- How to maintain your records once you've recruited someone
- What to do if someone is disqualified
- QuickRead: Childcare disqualification requirements
- DBS and other required checks for governors and trustees
- DBS checks: contractors
- DBS checks: renewals
- DBS checks: volunteers
- DBS checks: who needs one?
- DBS checks: work experience providers
- DBS checks: work experience students
- Regulated activity in schools
- Section 128 checks
- Single central record: monitoring
- Single central record: requirements and template
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